What parents should know about the sex lives of teen boys

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The number one thing that I notice about teenage boys and their sexuality is that they are incredibly romantic. Having sex was not the number one thing on a teenage boys mind. It was actually finding a girl or a boy or a partner, that they could feel really comfortable and connect. Teenage boys are craving connection to another human being. That's what these boys wanted. They didn't just want sex, they wanted a meaningful, deep, and fun relationship with a partner.

Video Categories: ALL PARENTS, Family Life, Gender Differences, TEEN, Sexuality and Body Image, Sexual Activity

Malina Saval, Author and Journalist, explains for parents what they should know about the sex lives of their teen son and what they are looking for

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Malina Saval

Journalist & Author

Malina Saval is the author of The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens. As a journalist, her work has appeared in Variety, Los Angeles Times, Glamour, LA Weekly, Flaunt, Jerusalem Post, Forward, Heeb, Premiere.com, Moment and Fanzine, for whom she pens a monthly column entitled "Sponsored in Part." Her short fiction and essays have been included in Palehouse and The Truth About the Fact literary journals and in the anthology Now Write! Nonfiction: Memoir, Journalism and Creative Nonfiction Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers. She's lectured at several universities, including University of Central Florida and University of Eastern Michigan, and has appeared as a special expert guest on the Tavis Smiley Show (PBS), Fox News, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" and the Patt Morrison Show.